Friday, July 22, 2016

East End Club - 1984

East End Club

Very old Course record - I set the (still standing) course record at the East End Club 5 mile of 24:26 back in 1984.  I came close to that time two other times (24:34 in 1987 and 24:30 in 1992).  My four wins got me $200 (total).  Back in the 80’s this race attracted 600-900 finishers.

My results at East End Club
Date      Time     PL         Fin        Won
7/22/84  24:26    1          900       $50.00  90 degrees, took it out hard (4:41)
7/12/87  24:34    1          600       $50.00 
7/14/91  25:22    1          378       $50.00  Sat on Jim Quadros, took lead at 3
7/19/92  24:30    1          450       $50.00  80’s hot humid with Dave Cremin (24:57) for 2m.
7/16/00  26:32    2          373                   Rolled ankle in warm-up, used duct tape to run

At 32 years this is the oldest course record I hold:

Name
Date
Years old
Time
Dist
Location
St
Type
East End Club
07/22/84
32.01
24:26
5.00
Lowell
MA
Road
Fudgicle Series
02/09/91
25.46
14:57
3.11
Tewksbury
MA
Road
Nipmuck
06/02/91
25.15
3:01:54
26.22
Ashford
CT
Trail
Old Home day
08/17/91
24.94
14:44
3.11
Londonderry
NH
Road
Gravy race
10/27/91
24.75
30:12
6.21
Canton
MA
Road
Freezer Five
01/01/92
24.56
24:00
5.00
Sterling
MA
Road
Valentines
02/10/96
20.45
24:31
5.00
Bradford
MA
Road
Red shoe barn
04/14/96
20.28
24:12
5.00
Dover
NH
Road
Tilton - Northfield
06/29/96
20.07
15:01
3.11
Tilton
NH
Road
Stu's 30k
03/09/97
19.38
1:39:15
18.60
Clinton
MA
Road
Lakefront 50k
04/07/01
15.29
2:57:36
31.07
Chicago
IL
Road
Stark Mountain
10/06/07
8.79
23:50
1.00
Fayston
VT
Mtn

Ruben Sanca won at the 31st annual East End Club 5 mile last weekend.  He just missed cracking 25 minutes over this classic Lowell race.  Ruben’s time is the fastest run in the last 20+ years (the race was not held from 2008-2011).
Here are all of the sub 26 minute times run between 1995-2016:
2016     25:01    Ruben Sanca
2007     25:02    Ben Ndaya
2003     25:15    Casey Moulton
1995     25:18    Cain Williams
2001     25:24    Jim Quadros
1995     25:28    Eric Beauchesne
2001     25:29    Pat Moulton
2002     25:33    Eric Beauchesne
1997     25:41    Eric Beauchesne
2000     25:52    Eric Beauchesne
1998     25:56    Chris Teague

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